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Your Sallen–Key bandpass SVG is not a Sallen–Key
Inductiveload – the SVGs you added to the Sallen–Key topology page are nice, but the bandpass example is not a Sallen–Key filter. In fact, it is a VCVS filter. Even if the amplifier was replaced with a unity-gain buffer, it still would not match a Sallen–Key topology. It should probably be renamed as to prevent further confusion. Thanks. &mdash;TedPavlic (talk) 21:26, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for noticing. I replaced the previous image, image:Sallen-Key bp.png, with an SVG, but didn't take the time to check the layout of the filter so I just assumed it was correct. I've reupped under File:VCVS Filter Bandpass General.svg, changed the image on Sallen-Key topology to this one, and speedied the old one. Thanks again, Inductiveload (talk) 23:31, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Excellent! Nice job, again, on the SVGs. It's very nice to have a uniform (and vectorized) look throughout this page (and the others that you've touched). &mdash;TedPavlic (talk) 04:44, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Turkmen arms
You do beautiful work! Do you take requests? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 05:13, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I do, especially if the work is needed, interesting or will look very good. What do you have in mind? Inductiveload (talk) 05:34, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Scouting emblems for the smaller, lesser known boy and girl organizations around the world, like Guyana, Zimbabwe, Georgia... is that too weird? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 05:56, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * No sounds interesting, but I'll need the drawings to work from, and I can't give any promises about time - I have IRL stuff to do too! Inductiveload (talk) 06:01, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! I have created a wishlist at User:Inductiveload/Scout image requests, please ignore the bolding, I couldn't make it work, and there is no rush. Thank you so much! Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:38, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Phew! That's a bit more extensive than I had thought! Nothing like a challenge, though. I'll do them piecemeal as I feel like it and mark them off on that page so you can keep track.Inductiveload (talk) 06:46, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, it's a backlog, and being here in Japan I do not have access to good English-language graphic software, nor am I that proficient. Would it help if I picked out like the top 10? Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 06:56, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * No, no, I'll get on with it over time. If you want to mark the most urgent, I'll see what I can do about getting them down first, otherwise I'll do it by my mood. If you want to start illustrating, can I recommend Inkscape? It's a fantastic piece of software and it's only getting better over time, as well as being very international. If you're good at programming, you can even give them a hand! Inductiveload (talk) 07:06, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, I've tried Inkscape and can't figure it out. None are urgent, like I said, this has backlogged, but I can pick a few that would be most helpful. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 07:35, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for your help! Back in a minute. Back, they're brilliant! Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 09:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I can't thank you enough for these! Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 06:32, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hope I haven't overwhelmed you. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 02:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks again and sorry, I've been sick for a couple days. Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 01:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You've gone quiet, did I give offense? Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 08:33, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * No, sorry, I've just been working on other things for a bit - nothing personal. If I got upset that easily, working on Wikipedia and Commons would surely kill me! I'll upload some more scout stuff as I get round to it. &minus; Inductiveload (talk) 22:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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Olympic logos
Can you SVGify these pictures?


 * File:Baku 2016.png and upload as "File:Baku 2016 Summer Olympics bid logo.svg"
 * File:Doha 2016 Olympic Bid logo.png and upload as "File:Doha 2016 Summer Olympics bid logo.svg"
 * File:Logo of Prague 2016 Olympic bid.png and upload as "File:Prague 2016 Summer Olympics bid logo.svg"

Regards; Felipe C.S ( talk ) 19:57, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I could do those better and much more easily if you can proivide a higher resolution image, or a pdf with the image included as a vector. Thanks, &minus; Inductiveload (talk) 12:50, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


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Regards; Felipe C.S ( talk ) 04:43, 15 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I've done the Doha and Prague ones + bonus Doha slogan. The Baku PDF there actually has a raster graphic in it. If you could find another pdf with a vector, it would be good. Sorry to be a pain, but it takes me a long time to do it otherwise. Inductiveload (talk) 11:01, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * File:Doha 2016 Summer Olympics bid logo.svg
 * File:Doha 2016 Summer Olympics bid slogan.svg
 * File:Prague 2016 Summer Olympics bid logo.svg

Thank you so much for the logos of Doha and Prague, and I loved the bonus slogan. About Baku, unfortunately I haven't found another PDF. I hope not bothered, but I will ask a few more things.


 * Can you re-upload Rio's "Live your passion" as "File:Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics bid slogan.svg"?
 * Can you upload the new Tokyo's slogan "Uniting Our Worlds", located in the bottom of the official website?
 * Can you SVGify File:Host city TBD.png?

Regards; Felipe C.S ( talk ) 19:23, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Rio slogan done. Can you do the changeover and nominate old one for deletion?
 * File:Host city TBD.svg done.
 * &minus; Inductiveload (talk) 02:30, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the works. I made the changeover and the nomination for deletion. I hope that the logo of Baku and the slogan of Tokyo not give you both work. Felipe C.S ( talk ) 02:48, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Can you SVGfy:


 * File:Copenhagen 2009 Olympic Congress logo.gif and upload as "File:Copenhagen 2009 Olympic Congress logo.svg"?

Regards; Felipe C.S ( talk ) 05:20, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I tried to upload File:Tokyo 2016 Summer Olympics bid slogan.svg but I made a disaster. Can you help me? Felipe C.S ( talk ) 23:00, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Can you upload the new Madrid's slogan "Hola everyone", present in this picture? Felipe C.S ( talk ) 17:36, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Can you upload the Chicago's slogan "Stir the Soul", present in this picture? Felipe C.S ( talk ) 17:40, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Graphics Lab request
I made a new request for an action very similar to the. I was hoping you'd be interested in undertaking it!  bahamut0013  words deeds   07:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

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mm' filter
Hi Inductiveload, I have reverted your recent changes to mm'-type filter because I do not agree with the unnecessary wholesale conversion of refs into templates. That is not to say that you have not done some good work in that edit. The graphs in particular, I thought were a great benefit to the article. However, I was not inclined to unpick it in detail until there had been a discussion and agreement reached.

I feel less guilty than I would otherwise have over reverting you because I am fairly sure you have previously heard my objections to converting existing refs to templates, and would therefore know I would be opposed when you made the edit. I won't clutter your talkpage with my reasons for this unless you ask me to state my case.

Can you explain to me the benefits of the tag? It seems to me this is just taking 6 extra characters to achieve italicisation. It does not even manage to distinguish numeral constants so I fail to see the point, it is just more clutter. As for the patent template, that has not even managed to find the name of the author - very sad.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  10:25, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I have replied on the article talk page. However, I find more than a hint of WP:OWN here, since I have clearly added many details to the citations,, as well as giving more ways to look up the information (which you did not even provide at all - the least you can do is go and find ISBN/OCLC/ISSN identifiers). I also added links to the writers and inventor's and journal's pages where possible, which were missing before.
 * That patent template had a minor mistake, which prevented the inventor name showing up. You would know that if you actually look at what you revert before you hit the button. It wouldn't take much to review others' edits and correct things rather than just revert back to the last edit you made. Inductiveload (talk) 17:03, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I have offered a compromise on that page. Also Constant k filter - same issue, same proposal.  Sp in ni  ng  Spark  17:19, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Belated thanks...
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 * Thanks for the welcome! I have mostly been adding these articles as support for the current Wikisource Proofread-of-the-Month: Natural History, Mollusca (1854), which mentions many binomial names which are no longer in use and not mentioned anywhere on-wiki (hence my emphasis on the synonym sections of the taxoboxes). We still have a long way to go, and many more names to link, so I expect I will be adding to more articles in the future! I appreciate you looking over what I did, as I am no expert on zoology beyond that which I can pick up from the WS work and Wikipedia. Inductiveload (talk) 12:12, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
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 * And the Cardioidea article, and the Teredo article! Invertzoo (talk) 00:31, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

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